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by Vivien Meath


A CLITHEROE man’s story­ telling expertise could draw more visitors to the county. Tales of Lancashire’s witches,


heroes arid villains will take centre stage at this year’s International Group Leisure and Travel Show on September 20th and 21st in Birmingham as Lancashire tries to' secure more group travel business. Simon Entwistle, pictured, will ■


be storytelling on Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board’s stand at the NEC. The show is one of the biggest


exhibitions in the. world for group travel and attracts group organis­ ers from all over the UK and abroad. The tourist board will be focus­


ing on its current Living Legends campaign and looking ahead to Taste Lancashire 08, Lancashire’s food and drink year for 2008, dur­ ing the two-day event. And www.lancashiregroups.com, a new website dedicated to group travel, will be launched with colleagues from VisitBlackpool. There will be news of specific


developments for groups at Cleve- leys seafront, Barton Grange’s gar­ den centre and marina a t Brock, visits to East Lancashire’s Panop­


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ticon sites, the new rollercoaster ride a t Camelot Theme. Park, a special collection at the National Football Museum and a Victorian conservatory for plant lovers at Leighton Hall near Carnforth. Joining the tourist board on the


stand will be representatives from Stanley House Hotel at Mellor, the Lindum Hotel in St Annes, Botany Bay a t Chorley and A Haunting Experience from Clitheroe. Sarah Redford, marketing man­


ager at Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board said: “Lancashire accounts for about a third of all organised and scheduled group visits to the North West - the highest of all the sub-regions here; namely Merseyside, Greater Man­ chester, Cumbria, Cheshire and Lancashire and Blackpool. "This is worth about £110 mil­


lion each year to our visitor econo­ my. “With such a diverse range of


attractions, Lancashire is an ideal destination for groups. Where else can groups experience such diver­ sity as Britain’s number one sea­ side resort, Tolkien’s Middle Earth, the country’s most famous witch story and the national foot­ ball museum - all in one very accessible area?”


Poet Katie wins top national contest


A YOUNG poet from Sabden was a winner in a county-wide competition. Katie Roche (11), won


four tickets to the “Hot Ice” show in Blackpool for her efforts in the Lan­ cashire Children’s Litera­ ture Festival poetry com­ petition. Katie, pictured, who


has just started at Rib- blesdale High School Technology . College, entered the contest open to 'youngsters aged between seven and 11. The children were


given the first two lines written' by Philip Burton - also known as Pip The Poet - and were then asked to finish the poem themselves. The poem was titled


“The Beach Friend” and here is Katie’s prize win­ ning piece: When I was staying a t St Annes,


I saw a creature on the sands,


I looked a t it and saw it dive,


I wondered how it would survive.


I watched i t grow and grow and grow,


How big it got I ’ll never know.


I followed it into the sea, A whale appeared so sud­ denly!


I t opened up its mouth so wide,


The creature disappeared inside.


The hungry whale was pleased as punch,


The creature made a tasty lunch.


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A night out with stars


A GLAMOROUS James Bond themed awards ceremony is to be held on Monday to decide the winner of the Food Manufactur­ er of the Year. Tim Bullough, a


local baker, has been lucky enough to secure himself a much sought- after place in the final three for the Bakery Industry Awards 2007 after beating off hun­ dreds of competitors. The glittering event


boasts an audience of 900, as well as A-list celebrity Joanna Lum- ley as host. Mr Bullough, of


Clitheroe’s Farmhouse Fare, has already won an all-expenses-paid trip to London’s Grosvenor Hotel, where he will meet the famous actress even if he does not snap up the top prize of £500 in cash and a trophy. Slyvia Macdonald, edi­ tor of British Baker Magazine which organises the event, praised Mr Bullough’s achievement as a “tremendous honour” and noted how “he and his team should be rightfully proud".


School is a family affair!


SCHOOL is a family concern for the Hodgsons!


When 11-year-old Christopher


Hodgson started his secondary educa­ tion at St Augustine's RC High School, Billington, this month he joined three older brothers who are already at the school. Pictured here in descending order of


age and height are the Hodgson broth­ ers Daniel, Year 11, Ryan, Year 9, Sam,


Year 8, and Christopher, Year 7. Their older brother, Jonathan, who is


studying geology at Liverpool Univer­ sity, is a former pupil at the school. The boys are all enthusiastic swimmers who belong to Great Harwood Otters Club. Even mum and dad are “students”


a t St Augustine's, having recently taken and passed with high grades their maths GCSE in the school’s evening classes for parents! (s)


Mayoral thanks for Proms support


CLITHEROE’S Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. David Berryman and his wife, Maria, this week issued a public thank you to all who supported this year’s “Last Night of the Proms” concert in the Castle grounds.


The annual event, organised by Clitheroe Town Council, raised a mag­ nificent £1,700 for the Mayor’s Welfare Fund. I t will be used during the cur­ rent year to help local voluntary and charitable organisations.


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